San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-25
OUR BROOKLYN LETTER.
Ladies Playing Poker-The Three Little
Maids-Electric Light. Etc.
BROOKLYN, January, 10th, 1887.

Ladies' Playing Poker-The Three Little
Maids-Electric Light. Etc.
BROOKLYN, January, 10th, 1887.
Editor LIGHT:
Should ladies who play poker In their
own drawing rooms, complain II their
husbands gamble at the olubP Poker Is
a very fashionable game In all OF our
large cities, and one lady In Brooklyn
who belongs to a fashionable church In
a fashionable quarter. defends her poker
parties on the ground that che wants 10
make home attractive to her husband.
lnasmuch Ms this gentleman never APP
pears on these occasions, and laughs
az the efforts OF women to play the
game. there seems to be screw loose
some wi here. A party OF handsomely
dressed men and women standing at
public bar, waiting for drinks, would
look a trifs cosrsef than the same party
engaged in a game OF poker In a private
parlor, but only trlfie.
Now you will all say that II could not
have happened, but l saw IL with my
own eyes. "rhree little maids from
school," each with her pile OF books
were engaged In pleasant conversation.
and all Of them che wing something. AT
last, one OF the number took wad fr IN
her mouth, wrapped II In piece or
tissue paper, and passing IL to her near
eat neighbor, said, you've got a pocket
and haven't. Take care OF this tuttt
frutti till come round. Mas awfully
mean about gum" The friend smilingly
accepted tie trust, and lone little maid
from school," tripped gracefully to the
side walk. As glanced about the cars,
saw that this chewing was not con-
fined to these three girls. All the jaws
seemed to be wagging, and then De-
thought me that Adam had act up a new
Che wing Gum Factory on Sands street,
six stories high and cOrrespondingly
broad, and this accounted for the gum
rage. A public school teacher said that
when she enters her classes, the move
ment of the right hands OF the scholars
to their mouths and back again, reminds
her of well-drilled soldiers, and lie so
comical that she hasn't yet been able 10
speak about Ii.
In met by Chance" Bronson How
ards new play at the Lyceum, there Is
real rain storm, during which Miss
Dauvray sits down In a real puddle and
pulls of her shoes and stockings.
most cordial invitation to pneumonia,
sciatica, etc, we should think.
The surgeon who performed the oper-
alton OF removing cancer from the
tongue OF Mr.. George Elford, says that
Keeping q segar In his mouth almost all
day In one spot was the cause OF the dis
ease, and that this occasions most OF the
cases Of cancer of the mouth. Smokers
should beware.
There is a poem. philosophical leo
ture and true Christ sermon in the fol-
lowing quotation from a story by Mary
E. wilkins, "ls not every fault welded
to its own excuse, that pity may be born
into the world?"
1t 10 said that the great mill corpora
tiOns OF the country are becoming thor
oughly converted to the superiority OF
the Electric Arc light, and are putting
In plants varying from 200 to 5OO light
capacity. The Boston Transcript says
that the gas com panies are alive to the
policy Of recognizing the system or the
American COMPANY OF which Mr.. Golf Is
president and founder, and have given
an order for $250.000 worth Of lamps.
Miss Liberty, illuminated by Mr.. Gof,
looks as lovely rs ever this bitter cold
weather. Yesterday, with the thermom-
eter coquetting in the neighbOrhood OF
zero, the harbor was an inspiring spec
tace. The snow-clad hills Of Staten
Island glistening in the sunshine, looked
din and misty as day in June, and the
blue water and bluer sky would have
kept up the delusion had it not been for
brakeman on the Bridge cars VINO
paced e. platform with his hands to his
freezing ears. A friend was much eXer-
cised about the mans suffering, and
when she stepped from the cars, said
kindly, why don't you tie something
warm over your ears?' my ears can
take care Of themselves" was the cross
response Il beg your pardon" was the
quick rejoinder, 1--we noticed that DON
keys ears generally can"
ELEANOR KIRK.